COPA will for the period 15th to 25th February 2010 hold 10 day peace building training in Nairobi for peace and development practitioners from Sudan, Kenya, Ethiopia and Uganda.

The training is ideal for persons wishing to build their skills in different thematic areas related to peace matters. The facilitation will start from basic applications and build up to the mid levels. This training is also ideal for people who may not have gone through some peace building trainings before and persons who may have attended basic trainings.
Specific areas of focus will be on:

Understanding conflict
- Understanding of concepts: conflict, violence, peace and development
- Perceptions, attitudes and behaviours in relation to conflict
- Introduction to conflict analysis

Conflict Transformation
- Approaches to conflict management
- Communication skills
- Conflict Early warning
- Facilitating dialogue, mediation, negotiation and arbitration
- Trauma healing in post conflict societies

Building Sustainable peace
- Conflict sensitive approaches to development
- Networking, coalitions and alliances
- Advocacy, Lobbying and Campaigning
- Monitoring, Evaluation, Reporting and Learning

Training charges are US$900 for tuition to cover the whole duration. Full board accommodation will be charged at US$ 80 per day.

Martha Ndogoto
Programme Officer
Coalition for Peace in Africa (COPA)
Dhanjay Apartments, Valley Arcade,Rm 301
Lavington
Po Box 61753- 00200
Tel:+254-2-3870845
Tel/Fax:+254-2-3866686
Nairobi, Kenya
East Africa
Mobile: 254-723- 688851
Email: [email][email protected]/[email protected]

www.copafrica.org